Frank Tallman Aircraft Collection 1950-1961
(A Work In Progress)
| Manufacturer | Type | Built | MSN | Other Serial | Civil Registration | Remarks | Photo |
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| Bleriot (replica) | XI | 1953 | 1 | N6683C | Replica built in 1953 by Stan Green; to CF-HDG-X; current: Janice Perlitch, Morgan Hill, CA |  |
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| Curtiss | 1A | 1 | NR982V | “Gulfhawk 1”: to Tallmantz; to NASM | |||
| Curtiss | JN-4C Canuck | Reported; no information yet | |||||
| Curtiss-Wright | CW-1 JR | 1930 | 1145 | N10967 | Camera ship. Current: Kermit Weeks |  |
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| Curtiss-Wright | P-40E | RCAF 1082 | N1207V | Current:War Eagles Air Museum |  |
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| Fairchild | KR-21 | 1929 | 1053 | N962V | Use in “Bob Cummings TV show, c. 1960; to Tallmantz; current: Albert Stix, St. Louis, MO | ||
| Garland Lincoln | LF-1 | 1932 | 3 | N12237 | Built circa 1936 by Claude Flagg for Garland Lincoln as Nieuport 28 replica for movie work. To Tallman August 1956, to Tallmantz 1961; crashed January 1974; to Kip Mone; current: Brent Mone, Santa Rosa, CA, under restoration. |  |
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| General Motors | FM-2 | 1945 | 4752 | BuNo 74560 | N90523 | Tallman owned from January 1957 until June 1960. Seen at Flabob in 1959. Paint scheme with Tallman: blue upper surfaces, grey under surfaces. N5956V to N90523 to N16TF to N29FG; current: Comanche Warbirds at Comanche Ranch, Texas |  |
| Goodyear | FG-1D | 3694 | BuNo 92433 | N3440G N773RD | From USN to Alu-Mat on 7/8/54; to Frank Tallman on 5/7/59; as N3440G; to I.M. Burchinal on 9/16/69 in trade for J2F-6 N67790; reported destroyed in 1979 hangar fire at Addison, TX; to Ray Dieckman on 6/15/96; to N773RD in 12/96; to Claire Aviation on 1/18/05; to Scott Glover on 9/29/15; current: Mid-American Flight Museum. |  |
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| Goodyear | FG-1D | 3111 | BuNo 88297 | N9154Z N8297 G-FGID | From USN to Alu-Mat on 1/23/59; to Frank Tallman on 1/9/60; as N9154Z; to Rosen-Novak on 2/18/66; to John Larsen on 3/13/67; to Louis Antonacci on 10/20/78; to N8297; to Swiss owner in 1985 Current: The Fighter Collection as G-FGID |  |
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| Goodyear | FG-1D | BuNo 88365 | N9153Z | From USN to Alu-Mat on 1/23/59; to Frank Tallman on 1/9/60; as N9153Z; to Ben Widfeldt on 6/26/63; to T.A. Underwood on 8/9/63; to R.W. Gilbert & Mary Gilbert on 3/31/65; destroyed in 6/15/65 accident at Ann Arbor, MI. | |||
| Maurice | Farman S.11 Shorthorn | 1915-16 | 25A | N96452 | From VH-UBC, G-AUBC; current: Canadian Aviation Museum, Ottawa, Ontario |  |
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| North American | AT-6F | 121-42451 | AAF 44-81819 | N7446C | Zero replica | ||
| North American | P-51D | 124-483 | AAF 45-11636 | N5467V | N5467V to N11636. Current: Michael Bertz |  |
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| Nieuport 28 mockup | Seen at Flabob c. 1959 | ||||||
| Pfalz | D XII | probably 1511/18; as per FAA, msn #1 | N43C | From: Jarrett War Collection to Tallman, 1950; rebuilt 1956-1959 by Bob Rust; to Tallmantz 1961; to Rosen Novak 1966; via 1968 auction to Aeroflex Museum ($16,000); current: Museum of Flight, WA. |  |
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| Sopwith | Camel F1 | 1917 | 3 | “B7270” | N6254 | From: Jarrett War Collection, 1950; restored and flying by 1955; to Tallmantz 1961; to Rosen-Novak 1966; via 1968 auction to Aeroflex ($40,000); to display at Aerospace Education Center, Little Rock, AR c. 1982; to Peter Jackson, The Vintage Aviator, Ltd, 2012; at Masterton, New Zealand as ZK-SDL. |  |
| Travel Air | 2000-T | 1927 | 707 | N6268 | “Wichita Fokker” OX-5 “Tank” engine; to Tallmantz; to Tony Bianchi, 1985; current: Blue Max Movie Aircraft Museum, UK | ||
| Waco | UPF-7 | N66632 | Leased to Tallman by Howard Whipple for use on the “Bob Cummings Show” c. 1960 (American Airmen 5/61) | ||||
